I have explained for years to everyone I work with that you really shouldn’t mix your personal devices or even personal accounts to a certain […]
Microsoft lets random people share porn with you on OneDrive unsolicited
Before you start reading What’s that now? Yep you read that right. If you use OneDrive there is a chance you will receive unsolicited shares […]
String hashing gone wrong
2026-02-15 A couple years ago now I made a sizable mistake when choosing how to handle hashing of strings. This was incredibly embarrassing for me, […]
Corsair iCue compatiblity with Lenovo Legion Y740
Background This is just background information on how I got here. If you don’t care to hear the story, go to the next section for […]
Plex on Synology NAS says you are not authorized to use your own server
I recently setup my Synology NAS to host a Pi-Hole container and I missed a step while setting it up. I forgot to reroute the […]
Resetting the UniFi Network Application password when you get locked out
On more than one occasion I have gotten locked out of my UniFi networking administration software. Usually, I could fix this by just installing the […]
PagerDuty doesn’t break through DND settings on Samsung phones
This has been a very obscure gotcha that I finally overcame recently. It will only have relevance to people who are using PagerDuty on Samsung […]
VMWare Windows 11 vTPM encryption gotcha
Introduction Cool story bro – where’s the answer? If you just want the answer click here. Not that long ago, like maybe four months ago […]
MongoDB: The ObjectId trap
Back in June I dropped this article: https://obscureproblemsandgotchas.com/development/things-to-know-before-using-mongodb/ and it got excellent reception. I was pleased to hear from colleagues of mine that they read […]
Lincare is a horrific company
I had a final dissolution of my relationship with Lincare on 05/24/2022. I had been trying to end my relationship with them since 01/01/2021 but […]